Unpopular Opinions Tag #2

Hello all! Long-time no tag! Annnd I’m choosing this opportunity to do one I’ve done before BUT I always have more unpopular opinions knocking about PLUS I was tagged again by the lovely Katie @Never Not Reading so thank you for that! ❤ And just to start out with an uncontroversial opinion: if you’re looking for an awesome blend of reviews, discussions and memes run by a gorgeous person, then what are you still doing here? GO CHECK HER OUT!

Ok, you’re back- awesome, right?

Now let’s get to the things you might not like so much…

A POPULAR BOOK OR BOOK SERIES THAT YOU DIDN’T LIKE

I’m just baffled by its popularity (and the fact that the average rating on GR is 4.13- how?!!? Were we reading the same book?!?!)

A POPULAR BOOK OR BOOK SERIES THAT EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO HATE BUT YOU LOVE

I frickin loved this book. Now I get some of the criticism about it being slow, but I don’t see it deserving quite the low rating that it has on GR.

AN OTP THAT YOU DON’T LIKE

Such a hard question, cos I’m generally okay with what’s canon and I’m pretty sure I used up all my answers last time. I guess it makes sense to go with the one I’ve fallen out of love in the last few years and that’s… Jon and Dany.

To be fair, I feel like I never should have shipped this one to begin with, but once it played out on screen, my brain just went EWW and I’ve been trying to blot out the fact I once wanted this ever since.

A POPULAR BOOK GENRE THAT YOU HARDLY REACH FOR.

This is an increasingly tricky question the more I reach outside my comfort zone. I think my bog-standard answer for this right now is westerns, cos I just haven’t read one (and can’t think of anything else!)

A POPULAR/BELOVED CHARACTER THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE

Deep breaths everyone: Wonder Woman.

Now I’m not going off the comics, so don’t @ me, but both her iteration in the movie and the recent Bardugo book came across to me as complete Mary Sues annnnd I’m not digging it. Soz!

His writing style and I do. not. gel. And yes, I’ve given his work enough chances, and no, it’s still not for me.

A POPULAR BOOK TROPE THAT YOU’RE TIRED OF SEEING

Ach I still want to go with my one from last time (the Mary Sue/Marty Stu)! Especially cos it’s been plaguing stories worse than ever!! (which makes no sense, cos it’s been years, WHY IS THIS GETTING WORSE?) I guess the other trope I’m tired of seeing at this point is the Chosen One. Although, again, this comes back to wanting better characters.

A POPULAR SERIES THAT YOU HAVE NO INTEREST IN READING.

Gosh I gotta admit there are lots of these. And this is coming from someone with poor impulse control when it comes to books (most of the time: I see book, I want book, I read book 😉 ) Here’s a few:

(don’t hold me to this though, I keep seeing a couple of these about and it takes a lot not to cave 😉 )

THE SAYING GOES “THE BOOK IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE”, BUT WHAT MOVIE OR TV SHOW ADAPTATION DO YOU PREFER MORE THAN THE BOOK?

Erm is it bad that I have *so many* answers? For me, it can really go either way- sometimes I hate adaptations, sometimes I love them. The most recent time I preferred the movie was Crazy Rich Asians- not that the book was bad per se, but I had mad-fun watching the film 😀

Happy to see you Did like Hazel Wood. I want to read it real bad, but all the not great reviews have put me off. Also, Stephen King doesn’t work for me either (though I have only read one book – which I really disliked and now I don’t want to pick up other stuff by him). Im also not a fan of Wonder Woman (though I havent read the book). The movie crashed when we watched it, and I really didn’t mind not knowing how it ended.

Ah that’s a pity- I hope you love it as much as I did if you get to it! I’m so glad I’m not the only one on that score!! I’ve tried so many times with his books and only ever finished one of them- so I hear you there. I can totally relate to that! I was bored halfway through, so I totally get that.

Thank you on the Dany and Jon. I guess in the books I’m still somewhere in the middle but the show was so like am I supposed to be rooting for them? They just confirmed she’s his Aunt right? Doesn’t seem like the actors are big on it either which makes it kind of odder. Ah unpopular opinions! Always fun 🙂

What happens if you just can’t read Dickens without feeling like you are in a battle with him? Specifically Great Expectations. I’ll never finish it. I’m sorry.

But it’s like Dickens travelled through time, found out everything about what makes me want to read a book and everything that prevents me from reading a book and then returned to his own time to create Great Expectations.

It’s like the most sophisticated way of making me feel like a cultureless dunce ever created.

I used to love Wonder Woman when I was a kid, but she’s my least fave now. Not sure what happened, but I didn’t even enjoy the new movie either.

The Hazelwood is one I need to get back to! You’ve inspired me since I first read your review. It did feel slow to me and I ended up putting it down. I just kept wondering when something was going to happen, but I didn’t get super far. Must get back to that one!

I enjoyed reading all your answers! I may do this tag again. I miss tags! 😉

Jon and Dany is honestly such an uncomfortable ship for me. Whenever I think of it, i, similarly like you, go “ewww”. It just doesn’t sit right. Side note: I didn’t know “Marty Stu” was the name for male versions of Mary Sues! That’s interesting 😂

Jon and Dany…Ewwww sounds about right. My nose automatically scrunches up at the thought of those two.
I loved the Crazy Rich Asians movie too. It was one of the movies I watched on my flight to India and really enjoyed it.

Great answers for this tag. 🙂 ❤️I’ve read Everless and I can’t really say I’d recommend it. It felt very same-y, like I was reading a book I’d already read before, and if you’re not a fan of the Mary Sue/Chosen One tropes at the moment you won’t enjoy Everless that much.
Also yeah I’m not a fan of the Jon/Dany OTP, they’re related so it’s just kind of icky to me.

Thanks so much! 🙂 Ah yeah that makes a lot of sense- I remember your post as well where you mentioned it was similar to Red Queen- that doesn’t enamour me, so I think I’d better give it a miss. And that’s really good to know about the Mary Sue/Chosen one trope in that one- I had no idea about that.
I know right- it’s so weird!!

Great answers for this tag! 🙂 I have to say that, if I didn’t ADORE the Hazel Wood, I still enjoyed it a whole lot and I think it’s getting a lot of criticism and that’s too bad. I also agree with you about crazy rich asians, I thought the movie was great! 😀

Wow you’re the first person I’ve found who doesn’t like The Foxhole Court. What a relief – I thought I was the only one! 😅 Ugh that book made me so angry and I literally have no idea what people see in it yikes.
And I completely agree that Crazy Rich Asians was just a lot more fun as a movie than as a book!

Loved reading this post! I’ve heard mixed reviews about Hazel Wood but I really want to give it a shot! I’m glad you loved it! I’m also tired of the Chosen One tropes! I’ve read Everless and it had left me disappointed.

I cannot agree more with you on Jon and Dany, even at the beginning when people were talking about possible ships happening I was against it… Still did not happen in the books so perhaps dear Georges will change that xD

Other than Mr Mercedes and Joyland (the latter is so underrated!), I can’t say I love King’s writing. It can be heavily colloquial and certainly makes the reading experience feel rather disjointed.

Having recently rewatched the last season of GoT, I was able to see some flicker of chemistry this time around. And the I read the script and, oh gosh, no wonder has been terrible the last two seasons, D & D are so colloquial on paper, it doesn’t have the impact that the dialogue used to have.

How excited are you for the final season premiering in almost one month?! Probably just as much scared than excited on my end. But at least you’ll find out if that OTP will last or nah. 😀 Lovely answers!